Overview
West Ham are in a crisis. Last weekend, they suffered a 1-2 defeat at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge. The Hammers have won just one of their last seven games in all competitions and lost five.
As of round 25 of the Premier League, coach Graham Potter's team ranked 16th and conceded 46 goals, an average of nearly 2 goals/match. Meanwhile, their attack has only scored 29 goals.
Jarrod Bowen made an immediate impact when he returned from injury by scoring against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.
Meanwhile, Brentford, despite losing their most recent match against Tottenham, still have a slightly better performance overall. In the last 5 rounds of the Premier League, they won 2 (against Southampton, Crystal Palace) and had a very spectacular 2-2 draw when hosting Man City.
Brentford's ability to score is also better than West Ham with 42 goals since the beginning of the season, an average of 1.75 goals/match.
Bryan Mbeumo has scored 14 goals in 28 Premier League appearances for Brentford this season. The key player of the "Bees" is expected to score against West Ham.
Brentford are playing quite well away from home. In the last 3 away trips, Thomas Frank's team is unbeaten with 2 wins and 1 draw. They also scored 7 goals and only conceded 1.
Head-to-head record is also leaning towards Brentford with 5 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the last 8 matches against West Ham. It is likely that the home team at Brentford Community will win 3 points in the upcoming match.
Personnel situation
Edson Alvarez, Jean-Clair Todibo and Lucas Paqueta have all returned to West Ham's training and are competing fiercely after missing the match against Chelsea.
Meanwhile, Brentford manager Frank will once again be unable to call up players such as Aaron Hickey, Gustavo Nunes, Igor Thiago, Josh Dasilva and Rico Henry.
Expected lineup:
West Ham: Areola, Coufal, Kilman, Cresswell, Wan-Bissaka, Soucek, Irving, Emerson, Kudus, Soler, Bowen.
Brentford: Flekken, Roerslev, Van den Berg, Collins, Lewis- Potter, Norgaard, Janelt, Jensen, Mbeumo, Wissa, Damsgaard.
The match between West Ham and Brentford takes place at 22:00 on February 15 (Vietnam time).
